"The General" is officially delayed... but "The General" AND "Monsters" is (unofficially) out of the bag

[Sweersa]

On 9/12/2023 at 5:04 PM, Free Bird said:

Imagine The General would be just an instrumental track that features Robin and Buck... oh wait, I confused myself with Sweersa.

Close! I would have said it has vocals.  Some seemingly scratch vocals in the beginning, but not so.  

[ZoSoRose]

2 hours ago, Mindray11 said:

Somewhere, yeah. But all you can hear is people talking.

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

2 hours ago, Mindray11 said:

Somewhere, yeah. But all you can hear is people talking.

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

2 hours ago, Mindray11 said:

Somewhere, yeah. But all you can hear is people talking.

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

2 hours ago, Mindray11 said:

Somewhere, yeah. But all you can hear is people talking.

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

Fuck sorry. Bad internet

[evader]

7 minutes ago, ZoSoRose said:

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

Dude 

I remember chatting with you about your clip but not that you had more of the song! Go find it!!!!! 

Fuck sorry. Bad internet

I kept trying to give you 4 likes for this post, but the forum was having none of it.

[Slugworth]

There's more to that clip?

 

[colonizedmind]

Why are my General senses tingling....

[D4NNY]

1 minute ago, colonizedmind said:

Why are my General senses tingling....

As long as it isn’t your Genital senses tingling then you’re good…

[colonizedmind]

Just now, D4NNY said:

As long as it isn’t your Genital senses tingling then you’re good…

No promises when it gets to the 11th hour mate!

[colonizedmind]

@Mindray11 @evader

#AfterParty 

 

 

 

 

(How come Ashba managed to always ashswag the thumbnails? 🧐) 

[alangarcianr]

i didn’t listen to the cellphone clip, never found ir a anywhere so everything I’ll hear will be new to me (except for the orchestra intro, I remember rock in Rio 2011 where the intro lasted forever)

[colonizedmind]

16 minutes ago, alangarcianr said:

i didn’t listen to the cellphone clip, never found ir a anywhere so everything I’ll hear will be new to me (except for the orchestra intro, I remember rock in Rio 2011 where the intro lasted forever)

I present THE GENERAL!

Especially for you, for one night only.....hard to find with all the others not including it....

(Toptip Click off before the yellow coat arrives)

 

Edited September 14, 2023 by colonizedmind

[colonizedmind]

Longest I can find! Fuck it STILL gives me the chills and to think....next fuckin month! Intro or backing bed....Marco has contributed soo much to this mythical song!

(1min 41 secs of General)

Longest  (starts at 1 min)

Anyone else hear the hints of a demonic choir?

Edited September 14, 2023 by colonizedmind

[mystery]

Does anyone have information on the time-frame the General would have been recorded? It wasn't part of the Rough Mixes so it was post-2000 at least.

[matheus.binotti]

15 minutes ago, colonizedmind said:

O mais longo que consigo encontrar! Foda-se, AINDA me dá arrepios e pensar... no próximo mês, porra! Intro ou backing bed....Marco contribuiu muito para essa música mítica!

(1min 41 segundos de Geral)

Mais longo (começa em 1 min)

Alguém mais aqui tem dicas de um coro demoníaco?

4:04 min of The General, from Budapest (2006/06/31)

https://on.soundcloud.com/dicxi

[LandOla]

The more I think about, the more I believe it's gonna be just the instrumental track.

[colonizedmind]

20 minutes ago, matheus.binotti said:

4:04 min of The General, from Budapest (2006/06/31)

https://on.soundcloud.com/dicxi

Ahhh brilliant, was looking for that one.

[ShadowOfTheWave]

21 minutes ago, mystery said:

Does anyone have information on the time-frame the General would have been recorded? It wasn't part of the Rough Mixes so it was post-2000 at least.

On the AFD podcast Brain said he wrote it in the time leading up to HOB 2001. I think Dizzy gave an interview in January 2005 where he said Brain had brought in The General "last year". Obviously this was years after the instrumental had been written by Brain (2000) and worked on by Beltrami (2002), so I'm guessing this is referring to when the full band worked on it.

[ZoSoRose]

46 minutes ago, LandOla said:

The more I think about, the more I believe it's gonna be just the instrumental track.

Zero chance 

[Slugworth]

1 hour ago, mystery said:

Does anyone have information on the time-frame the General would have been recorded? It wasn't part of the Rough Mixes so it was post-2000 at least.

Beltrami came into the picture October 2002 to add his magic to The General, Soul Monster, Seven, and Thyme.

 

None of them had vocals at that point.

[vloors]

2 hours ago, colonizedmind said:

@Mindray11 @evader

#AfterParty 

 

 

 

 

(How come Ashba managed to always ashswag the thumbnails? 🧐) 

So cringeworthy

[StrangerInThisTown]

2 hours ago, LandOla said:

The more I think about, the more I believe it's gonna be just the instrumental track.

Care to elaborate? So far I'm gonna file this under "State Of Grace has become The General" conspiracy theories lol. Was Sebastian Bach lying in your opinion or how do you explain his description to come to that conclusion?

Edited September 15, 2023 by StrangerInThisTown

[metalavenger99]

6 hours ago, matheus.binotti said:

4:04 min of The General, from Budapest (2006/06/31)

https://on.soundcloud.com/dicxi

Holy shit thanks

i can't believe this one recording is not posted or talked about in here regularly 

[Finck2006]

8 hours ago, colonizedmind said:

@Mindray11 @evader

#AfterParty 

 

 

 

 

(How come Ashba managed to always ashswag the thumbnails? 🧐) 

im on this video haha.nobody notices Benzova working for the vodka brand?

[Dummy]

What if....

The general is this i love?

[BucketEgg]

8 hours ago, matheus.binotti said:

4:04 min of The General, from Budapest (2006/06/31)

https://on.soundcloud.com/dicxi

wow, the higher brass instruments kicking in at around 3 mins 12 seconds!

that intro is so long, and it sounds epic too. It sounds like the soundtrack to creeping into a cave where there's an enormous monster slumbering somewhere, encountering an angel or a knight at around the 3 min 12 second mark, then continuing on alone into the darkness. It makes me think the one on the vinyl might be the cut down version, with the giant leadup shrunk down or cut out.

Despite the grandness of the higher brass instruments, i feel there's something sad/mournful about them. Like the angel/knight thinks you're going to die if you continue creeping further into the cave, and it has accepted that you will do it anyway.

The intro gives me the feeling of a person venturing to a place that's dreadful and dangerous, soon to be doomed. The vast rumbling of the low notes, along with those high anxious strings. And the angel appearing when the strings are the most prominent and sound the most anxious, then leaving the person alone back to the low rumbling, with the strings returning soon after...

awww. the recording cut out early, it didn't record until the intro to the next song. but it's such a great find and thing to exist anyway!

Edited September 15, 2023 by BucketEgg

[rumandraisin]

7 hours ago, matheus.binotti said:

4:04 min of The General, from Budapest (2006/06/31)

https://on.soundcloud.com/dicxi

Holy fuck I haven't heard this in ages. The horns! Please please please let Beltrami's work stay on the track